Dr. Bill Knack:  

Alive and well and living in Chappaqua, Westchester County, N.Y. where I also maintain a private practice in Clinical Psychology. Married in 1989 and have two daughters. My youngest attended Boston University. She completed a Harvard internship in the ER at a hospital in Boston and now attends New York Medical College in a Basic Medical Sciences. My older daughter just graduated from Hofstra Law and just passed the NY Bar. After finally graduating from Hicksville High (Yes, I did graguate) I earned an A.A. in Psychology/Philosophy at Nassau Community College in 1973. My B.A. was in Psychology/Philosophy from Adelphi University in 1975. In 1982 I finished my Ph.D. in Applied Psychological Research and Program Evaluation at Hofstra University. I then completed a Post-doctoral Diploma in Clinical Psychology at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University in 1984. Currently I am the Chair of the Psychology Department and Associate Professor of Psychology and Mental Health Counseling at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. My clinical and research interests are in Forensic Psychology and in the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of addiction, depression and anxiety disorders. I mana consulting clinical psychologist at HorseAbility in Old Westbury and I am currently on the Board of Directors and past Vice President of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, NCADD Westchester, Inc. I am an avid skier, horseman, runner, amateur photographer and very amateur guitarist. I am an active educator. It is education that makes the world real for us. Without all of the sciences, math and literature the world is a more confusing and frightening place and we are more susceptible to manipulation and control. I am committed to promoting social justice especially in educational settings. I work to advance and disseminate knowledge in the areas of addiction and recovery and to challenge the stigma associated with people in recovery from alcoholism and other drug and behavioral addictions. I enjoy being outdoors and I am passionate about skiing, horses and live music! My interests have always been organized around people and understanding how we become who we are and how to be who we are in a world that often pushes us to be someone or something else. Living a life is a creative process. I see creative expression as a way of "being", discharging and creating energy, and connecting with others on a deeper level. I am interested in the relationships between impulse and inhibition, control and passivity, and the "I" and the "Thou": the one and the many or the individual and the community and how we fit in. I work at finding true engagement, excitement, peace and happiness accepting life on life's terms. I love music, poetry and literature, good Italian food and sushi. I love hiking/skiing in the Green mountains of Vermont, the Colorado Rockies and the Grand Tetons (going to any of the National Parks), hanging out by the ocean, Cape Cod, Montalk, Sanibel Island and San Francisco. Music has always been important to me. I like all genres but rock n' roll captivated me as a very small child when I first heard Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Big Joe Turner and again when I saw The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Artists/social activists such as Pete Seager, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Simon and Garfunkle, Dono...Expand for more